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Query: EC:2.3.3.1 (citrate synthase)
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The relationships between the carnitine concentration and enzyme activities representative of different metabolic pathways, glycogenolysis, glycolysis, beta-oxidation of fatty acids, citric acid cycle, and respiratory chain were studied in skeletal muscle tissue from 18 volunteering subjects. In addition, the in vitro incorporation rates of glucose-carbon and palmitate-carbon into different metabolites, and the concentration of glycogen, triglycerides, and phospholipids were determined in the same tissue specimen. The carnitine concentration correlated positively and statistically significantly with the activities of 3-OH-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and citrate synthase, with the incorporation rate of palmitate-carbon into CO2, and the incorporation rate of glucose-carbon into lactate in the muscle tissue. The results indicate a coupling between the concentration of carnitine and the capacity for long-chained fatty acid oxidation in human skeletal muscles.
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PMID:Carnitine concentration in relation to enzyme activities and substrate utilization in human skeletal muscles. 13 18

The activities (Vmax) of hexokinase, glycogen phosphorylase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphofructokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, cytochrome c oxidase, and 3-OH-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase in human skeletal muscles were compared with the in vitro utilization of glucose and palmitic acid assessed under optimal conditions. Statistically significant correlations between substrate fluxes and enzyme activities were found suggesting that the substrate incorporation rate in vitro in some way reflects the capacity of metabolic pathways. The incorporation rate of leucine into muscle proteins was also statistically significantly correlated to the RNA concentration in the muscle tissue. Glycolytic and glycogenolytic enzymes correlated significantly to each other and correlations were also found between aerobic enzymes supporting the validity of constant proportions between certain key enzymes in human skeletal muscles.
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PMID:Incorporation rate of glucose carbon, palmitate carbon and leucine carbon into metabolites in relation to enzyme activities and RNA levels in human skeletal muscles. 17 28

Muscle biopsies were taken from the middle gluteal muscle in 163 healthy Thoroughbreds aged one to six years. The horses were separated according to sex and divided into four different age groups (one, two, three and four to six years). Muscle biopsies were analysed for fibre type (I, IIA and IIB), and the enzyme activities of citrate synthase, 3-OH-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and hexokinase were measured. The percentage of Type I fibres of all horses increased with age, irrespective of sex (from 9 to 16 per cent). The percentage of Type IIA fibres varied with age and sex, increasing in stallions from 34 to 53 per cent and in mares from 27 to 45 per cent, respectively. Correspondingly, the proportion of Type IIB fibres decreased with age and differed between sexes (stallions from 56 to 29 per cent and mares from 65 to 40 per cent) Muscle oxidative capacity increased with age as indicated by significant increases in the activities of citrate synthase (from 32 to 67 mmol/kg/min) and 3-OH-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (from 20 to 34 mmol/kg/min). The activity of hexokinase increased with age (from 2.4 to 4.8 mmol/kg/min), whereas the activity of lactate dehydrogenase decreased (from 1,754 to 1,444 mmol/kg/min). No differences were seen between stallions and mares in enzyme activities. This study shows that age is one factor influencing enzyme activities, the percentage of Type I fibres and the Type IIA/IIB ratio in M. gluteus medius of Thoroughbreds, and that stallions have a higher Type IIA/IIB ratio compared with mares.
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PMID:Muscle characteristics in Thoroughbreds of different ages and sexes. 188 91

Five Standardbred trotters were trained on a treadmill 3 times/wk for 12 wk by intervals of draft-loaded exercise. The draft load was 34 kp and the velocity approximately 7 m/s. Muscle biopsies were taken from the gluteus medius and longissimus muscles before training and after 2, 4, 8, and 12 wk of training and from the brachiocephalicus muscle before and after training. Both the percentage and the area of type IIa fibers increased and the percentage of type IIb fibers decreased in the gluteus medius muscle during the first 2 wk of training, and then no further significant difference was noted. The percentage of type I fibers increased in the brachiocephalicus muscle, and the area of type IIb fibers increased in the longissimus muscle. The citrate synthase activity increased in the gluteus muscle only, and the increase was seen during the first 2 wk. No significant differences were seen in 3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase activities in the muscles during the entire training period. Less glycogen was utilized in the gluteus muscle and less blood lactate accumulated when the horses performed an unloaded submaximal exercise test after compared with before training. It can be concluded that rapid changes are induced in the gluteus medius muscle when horses are trained pulling a light-draft resistance at a submaximal trotting speed.
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PMID:Effects of a draft-loaded interval-training program on skeletal muscle in the horse. 279 58

Tibialis anterior (TA) muscles of four small mammals were subjected to chronic nerve stimulation for 28 days (10 Hz, 10 hours per day). Total cellular activities of phosphofructokinase (PFK), hexokinase (HK), citrate synthase (CS), 3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HADH) and 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (HBDH) were measured in the stimulated and unstimulated contralateral muscles. Normal TA muscles displayed ranges of oxidative and glycolytic capacities with rabbit TA showing the lowest and mouse TA the highest oxidative capacity. Chronic stimulation was almost without effect in mouse TA. In all other species, glycolytic capacity was decreased and reference enzymes of aerobic-oxidative pathways were increased. Rabbit TA displayed the highest increment in oxidative capacity with approximately three-fold increases in CS and HADH and eleven-fold increases in HBDH. Different responses were also observed for HK. In some cases, the extent of adaptation appeared to be independent of the initial enzyme activity levels, while in other cases it appeared to follow an order which corresponded to the size of the animals. Thus, there exist species-specific ranges of adaptation and adaptive alterations in one species may not necessarily reflect the adaptive response of another species.
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PMID:Specific effects of low-frequency stimulation upon energy metabolism in tibialis anterior muscles of mouse, rat, guinea pig and rabbit. 297 3

A morphometric analysis was performed on horse muscle tissue to quantify mitochondrial distribution relative to capillaries. Samples of M. vastus medialis, M. semitendinosus, M. masseter and M. cutaneus thoracicus were preserved in a glutaraldehyde fixative for electron microscopy, or frozen for biochemical and histochemical analysis. These four muscles varied from highly oxidative in type, consisting nearly completely of type I fibres, in masseter, to highly glycolytic, primarily type IIb fibres, in cutaneus. In all four muscles, mitochondria were found in highest volume density near capillaries at the fibre border, with a sharp decline in volume density towards the fibre centre. This distribution was independent of myoglobin concentration, muscle fibre type and the activities of three key metabolic enzymes, citrate synthase, 3-OH-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase.
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PMID:The similarity of mitochondrial distribution in equine skeletal muscles of differing oxidative capacity. 320 68

Seven middle-aged men with manifest type II diabetes mellitus underwent an endurance training programme for 10-15 weeks. The maximal aerobic capacity, as well as the endurance capacity, was improved by 10% (p less than 0.05). The intramuscular glycogen store increased by more than 80% (p less than 0.05) from 350 mumol/g dw (dry weight), and the activities of citrate synthase and 3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase increased by more than 50% (p less than 0.05) and 30% (p less than 0.05). The activity of glycogen synthase was decreased by approximately 20% (p less than 0.05), whereas lactate dehydrogenase remained unchanged. Capillaries/fibre and fibre area increased by more than 50% (p less than 0.05) and 30% (p less than 0.05) leaving the area of supply constant. Training did not influence fasting blood lipids and glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, oral glucose tolerance, and insulin response to an oral glucose load measured 72 hours post-exercise. It is concluded that patients with manifest type II diabetes, as normoglycaemic individuals, adapt to physical training. However, no persistent effect on glucohomeostasis and lipaemia is produced by short-term training in the diabetic patients.
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PMID:Skeletal muscle adaptations to physical training in type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. 336 17

In 12 patients with paramyotonia congenita, percutaneous needle biopsies from the brachial biceps muscle were performed. Muscle fibre area, distribution of muscle fibre types I, II-A and II-B and capillarization were not different from healthy controls. Signs of myopathy with central nuclei in the muscle cells were noted in 9 of the patients. 4 of these patients also had small areas with degeneration and, in one, vacuoles were observed. Quantitative determination of muscle glycogen, water and protein content were within normal range as were enzyme activities for hexokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, citrate synthetase and 3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase.
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PMID:Skeletal muscle in paramyotonia congenita: biochemistry, histochemistry and morphology. 397 54

Muscle fiber characteristics, glycogen content and enzyme activities were studied in muscles of six Swedish landrace pigs, six wild boars and in three halothane sensitive landrace pigs. The wild boars have a higher proportion of type I and IIA fibers compared with Swedish landrace pigs. Fiber composition is similar in landrace pigs and halothane sensitive landrace pigs. The wild boars revealed the highest citrate synthase (CS) and 3-OH-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HAD) activities and the lowest glycogen content compared with the other two groups. Lower CS and HAD activities were observed in the halothane sensitive pigs compared with the other pigs. The data show that wild boars have a higher and halothane sensitive landrace pigs a lower aerobic capacity in skeletal muscles compared with Swedish landrace pigs.
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PMID:Fiber types and metabolic characteristics in muscles of wild boars, normal and halothane sensitive Swedish landrace pigs. 614 39

The present study attempts to assess whether the marked seasonal changes in the capacity for shivering thermogenesis in American goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) involve adjustments of metabolic pathways of the pectoralis muscles similar to those observed in mammalian muscle in response to endurance training, i.e., changes favoring increased reliance on fatty acid oxidation and decreased utilization of carbohydrate reserves. Analysis of seasonal changes in enzyme profile of the pectoralis muscle revealed that winter-acclimatized birds have significantly greater (P less than 0.05) activities of phosphorylase, phosphofructokinase, and beta-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase than do birds in other seasons. The activities of citrate synthase and hexokinase do not vary seasonally. These results differ fundamentally from the pattern of changes in enzyme activities associated with endurance adaptation in mammals. Furthermore no seasonal changes were observed in capacities for the oxidation of fatty acids (palmitate and linoleate) or pyruvate in either crude homogenates or isolated mitochondria of goldfinch pectoralis muscles. The oxidation of pyruvate by isolated pectoralis muscle mitochondria was inhibited (greater than 90%) by the oxidation of palmitoyl carnitine at palmitoyl carnitine concentrations as low as 50 microM. These data agree with physiological observations indicating little use of glucose by this tissue during steady-state shivering. However, the extent of this inhibition does not vary seasonally. Therefore the present study fails to document any significant seasonal change in the catabolic pathways of the pectoralis muscle that would link observed seasonal changes in capacity for shivering thermogenesis with a shift in the balance of substrate use by this tissue.
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PMID:Seasonal acclimatization in American goldfinches: the role of the pectoralis muscle. 622 30


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